As of: February 28, 2024, 6:28 p.m
By: Nils Hinsberger
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The smallest successes in the Ukraine war are quickly spread across social media.
This also applies to the shooting down of the first Abrams tank.
Is it all just propaganda?
Moscow - On social media, the shooting down of an American M1 Abrams tank is being celebrated as Russia's success over Ukraine.
The vehicle was destroyed by a Piranha-type FPV drone in Avdiivka on February 27, the Russian news agency
Tass
reported .
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Other users reacted with incomprehension and referred to Russia's high losses in the Ukraine war.
In total, Vladimir Putin's troops are said to have lost more than 3,000 tanks in the past 24 months, reported the news magazine
Forbes
.
These are more tanks than the Russian army is said to have had before the start of the war.
But there could be propaganda calculations behind the celebration of the shooting down of the Abrams tank.
“Burns beautifully” – Russia’s malice over the destroyed Abrams tank in the Ukraine war
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The posts are an example of how quickly the smallest reports in the Ukraine war can spread.
Ukraine uses the US Abrams tank in the fight against Russia.
Russia celebrates the first launch of the military device in the Ukraine war.
© Staff Sgt. Dengrier Baez/picture alliance/dpa
Social media would allow warring parties to exploit every small success in the war,
Forbes
reported .
Moscow and Kiev regularly distribute reports that do not have a significant impact on the course of the war.
Russia is said to have celebrated the shooting down of the first German Leopard and the first British Challenger 2 tanks in a similar way.
Is Russia distracting from its own losses in the Ukraine war by shooting down the Abrams tank?
By reporting the destroyed Abrams tank, Russia may be trying to downplay the recent loss of a reconnaissance aircraft.
The Beriev A-50 aircraft is said to have been shot down by Ukrainian troops last week.
Although the two losses are not comparable, the way they are handled shows how the war is being watched in real time, wrote
Forbes
.
For Russia, the delivery of tanks from Western countries to Ukraine represents the countries' direct participation in the war, reported Der
Spiegel
.
Accordingly, Russia could also see the victory over Abrams as a victory over Ukraine's supporters.
The reactions on social media at least indicate the connection when there is talk of a success against “the globalists”.
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